§ 1447a. — Definitions.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC1447a]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 32A--REGIONAL MARINE RESEARCH PROGRAMS
Sec. 1447a. Definitions
As used in this chapter, the term--
(1) ``Board'' means any Regional Marine Research board \1\
established pursuant to section 1447b(a) of this title;
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\1\ So in original. Probably should be capitalized.
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(2) ``Federal agency'' means any department, agency, or other
instrumentality of the Federal Government, including any independent
agency or establishment of the Federal Government and any government
corporation;
(3) ``local government'' means any city, town, borough, county,
parish, district, or other public body which is a political
subdivision of a State and which is created pursuant to State law;
(4) ``marine and coastal waters'' means estuaries, waters of the
estuarine zone, including wetlands, any other waters seaward of the
historic height of tidal influence, the territorial seas, the
contiguous zone, and the ocean;
(5) ``nonprofit organization'' means any organization,
association, or institution described in section 501(c)(3) of title
26 which is exempt from taxation pursuant to section 501(a) of title
26;
(6) ``region'' means 1 of the 9 regions described in section
1447b(a) of this title; and
(7) ``State'' means a State, the District of Columbia, the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American
Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
(Pub. L. 92-532, title IV, Sec. 402, as added Pub. L. 101-593, title
III, Sec. 301, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 2963.)
Territorial Sea and Contiguous Zone of United States
For extension of territorial sea and contiguous zone of United
States, see Proc. No. 5928 and Proc. No. 7219, respectively, set out as
notes under section 1331 of Title 43, Public Lands.
